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The life, legacy, and cunning of Rome’s first emperor.
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Spain Was Different: Tourism Under Franco JamesHoare Thu, 08/14/2025 - 08:58
Once populated by peaceful Indigenous tribes descended from South America’s Arawaks, the island now called Puerto Rico was first stumbled upon by Christopher Columbus’s men during his second voyage to the “New World” in 1493. Within a decade, Spain had established its first colonies in the Greater Antilles and a permanent and dominating presence […]
